Gregory Karp

Jim Vertucci of Oak Lawn knows what his two seats in section 303 would yield — about $3,000 for $175 face-value tickets for Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning. Still, the 38-year-old broker at the Chicago Board of Trade and lifelong Hawks fan and longtime season ticket holder is not swayed to sell. "It's easy for me because I'm a hockey freak," Vertucci said. "So there's no way I'm going to sell the Blackhawks tickets, really for any price." And he will share this year's Stanley Cup Final with his 7-year-old son. "I'd rather have the memories with him than the...

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Jim Vertucci of Oak Lawn knows what his two seats in section 303 would yield — about $3,000 for $175 face-value tickets for Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Still, the 38-year-old broker at the...